⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Issa56]

Why don't you blame Cash who did stupid pass instead of Martinez who tried to save his club? Cash deserves the blame instead of Martinez. Look at how his pass has no strength, and a very hard decision for goalie when it comes to the such situation.
I aware about how MU got very big chance to goal by only having one of their player one on one with Martinez. So, Martinez decides to go upfront, then did a foul to the MU's last player.

It’s surprising why everyone ignores the player that made the mistake, and everyone is blaming the goal keeper that wanted to save the ball. I know Martinez getting a red card in the match is one of the reason why they loss to Manchester United, but what Martinez wanted to do was just trying to save the ball because their was no player left to fight for the ball, but he ended up receiving red card. Martinez wanted to attack the player before he gets too close to the goalpost, but the player was able to pass him, and there was a hit which led to Martinez receiving red card.

[el kaka22]

The problem wasn't him running up, it was him body slamming opponent player, like what was he thinking that would do? It was impossible for him to do a good job there, it was always a bad decision. This goes to show that he is not doing a good thing by running out like that, and then body slamming. His act shows that he is just not good enough, for a team that wants to be in top five of premier league, it was never good enough, and that's what they got.

Premier league already sends so many teams to UCL, five to be exact, that's a lot, so Villa could have been in that top five, if they had a better goalkeeper all season long. In any case, they will try their chance at Europa this season, and I honestly believe they have a better chance there than UCL.

[Alpha Marine]

Emery is normally a winner coach. Who knows, maybe next season he'd achieve the Europa League trophy next season. Usually he wins something at the team he goes to. 

As much as every club would like to play Champions League football, I think this is a blessing in disguise. They were not going to win the Champions League, if we're being honest, they might not even get past the league phase. The fact that they were in good form this past season and made it to the knockout stage doesn't mean they will do so next season. Even if they make it to the knockout, they won't win it, but the Europa League is a competition they can win.
Now that teams don't drop down from the Champions League group stage to the Europa League, it gives the teams in the competition a better chance of winning.

What Aton Villa should do is strengthen their team and make it better than it was this season, and focus on winning the Europa League. Unai Emery is no stranger to the competition, so if they trust him and back him, he might just deliver it for them. About 4 good signings and a new goalkeeper to replace Martinez and they have a stronger team than they did this season.

[Moreno233]

Emery made a really good effort with Aston Villa until the end of the season. But last match was a big disappointment surely. 

Martinez, just come on man... How can you get that silly red card? That was a near miss for the Champions League as a result.

Emery is normally a winner coach. Who knows, maybe next season he'd achieve the Europa League trophy next season. Usually he wins something at the team he goes to. 

Whenever I see the phrase "next season", it reminds me of Arsenal because they are the team that always use next season as consolation for their failure to achieve anything amidst high expectations from their supporters. You are right about Aston Villa putting up outstanding performance this season, even in the champions league. Unfortunately, they started declining towards the end of the season and failed to secure a champions league ticket for the next season. They can still be a big treat next season if they can add one or two attackers to the team.

[KingsDen]

Emery made a really good effort with Aston Villa until the end of the season. But last match was a big disappointment surely.  

Martinez, just come on man... How can you get that silly red card? That was a near miss for the Champions League as a result.

Emery is normally a winner coach. Who knows, maybe next season he'd achieve the Europa League trophy next season. Usually he wins something at the team he goes to.  

Why don't you blame Cash who did stupid pass instead of Martinez who tried to save his club? Cash deserves the blame instead of Martinez. Look at how his pass has no strength, and a very hard decision for goalie when it comes to the such situation.
I aware about how MU got very big chance to goal by only having one of their player one on one with Martinez. So, Martinez decides to go upfront, then did a foul to the MU's last player.

I know it's quite silly to see him running up instead of stay, but it's one of his effort to help his club.

In football shits happen. We don't have to blame Martinez or Cash. Aston Villa had a beautiful season and they did well in the champions league. I wanted them to be rewarded with champions league ticket again because they did deliver the last one they went.

It's unfortunate the last match went that way. But I still respect Emry because his presence in Aston Villa changed many things. I am very sure he will do great things in the Europa league.

[Volgastallion]

We all realize this season is not gonna ever happen again right? I mean it was not at the level of seeing a Leicester being the champion, but we are not gonna see never again two team from the big six, being just above the relegation positions.

I mean nobody can predict Hotspurs and United being this bad.

[Zaguru12]

I actually said "horrible" for the English teams competing in the Champions League. Not for all tournaments. Otherwise yeah, the Europa League trophy is secured. The Conference League one is also quite likely. 

Only Arsenal showed really impressive work compared to Liverpool and Aston Villa. I'm not even saying Manchester City.    However I must say I didn't like Arsenal in the semi finals. Let's see what's waiting for us next season...

They weren’t horrible if I am may say, the actual didn’t make it to the final but the four teams actually didn’t get knocked out from the group stage with only Manchester city going home before the round of 16 but they were at the knockout stages too. The English clubs actually having more numbers at the knockout stages was what guaranteed the league an extra spot for next years edition. Overall it was ok but maybe individual I expected more from some clubs this season,

My biggest disappointment of the season in the competition was actually Manchester City they were my favorite to win the competition but they fell short due to bad season which I think is understandable considering how they have been playing in the last few seasons. Liverpool also were a disappointment after a stellar start to the season, but the other two were clubs I wasn’t actually expecting more from

[pawel7777]

Ruben Amorim brutally kicks player out of Manchester United in front of teammates
https://metro.co.uk/2025/05/27/ruben-amorim-brutally-kicks-player-manchester-united-front-teammates-23262343/

Long story short, Amorim allegedly were not happy with Garnacho's comments after the lost Europa League final, when he blamed Amorim for only playing 20 minutes. Garnacho’s brother, added fuel to the fire by accusing Amorim of ‘throwing him under the bus’.
Amorim snapped during the dressing room conversation and told Garnacho: "You better pray that you can find a club to sign you", he then sat him on the bench in the Aston Villa game.

Not a great management style if you ask me.

[sotelorene]

Ruben Amorim brutally kicks player out of Manchester United in front of teammates
https://metro.co.uk/2025/05/27/ruben-amorim-brutally-kicks-player-manchester-united-front-teammates-23262343/

Long story short, Amorim allegedly were not happy with Garnacho's comments after the lost Europa League final, when he blamed Amorim for only playing 20 minutes. Garnacho’s brother, added fuel to the fire by accusing Amorim of ‘throwing him under the bus’.
Amorim snapped during the dressing room conversation and told Garnacho: "You better pray that you can find a club to sign you", he then sat him on the bench in the Aston Villa game.

Not a great management style if you ask me.

I never believed one day that Tottenham Hotspur will still beat Manchester united in the Europa league finals after beating them about two to three times in there domestic league to me I think that was a poor coaching even though the club is not in a good form and the funny part of it was that Tottenham Hotspur on the other hand was not in a good form too so why beat Manchester united 4 times in a row in one season it doesn't make any sense. Like I said, I blamed Amorim for the starting lineups he used that day, we all know Amad is not a good game starter he come from behind and finish work, keeping Garnacho on bench while Mason Mount and Hujlud was playing absolutely nothing doesn't make any sense too, I can attest to you that the moment Garnacho and Zirkzee entered the game changed Tottenham Hotspur was just defending there goal because there was no opportunity for them again but despite all these Garnacho wouldn't have made that comment so open even if he is angry.

[JeffBrad12]

Why don't you blame Cash who did stupid pass instead of Martinez who tried to save his club? Cash deserves the blame instead of Martinez. Look at how his pass has no strength, and a very hard decision for goalie when it comes to the such situation.
I aware about how MU got very big chance to goal by only having one of their player one on one with Martinez. So, Martinez decides to go upfront, then did a foul to the MU's last player.

I know it's quite silly to see him running up instead of stay, but it's one of his effort to help his club.

In football shits happen. We don't have to blame Martinez or Cash. Aston Villa had a beautiful season and they did well in the champions league. I wanted them to be rewarded with champions league ticket again because they did deliver the last one they went.

It's unfortunate the last match went that way. But I still respect Emry because his presence in Aston Villa changed many things. I am very sure he will do great things in the Europa league.

Okay, i know sometimes shit happened in the football, but it's clearly non sensical when almost everyeone blamed Martinez. He deserves no blame, and just try to did his best to save his club from being conceded.
If Cash did it a bit better, Martinez would not get a red card. That might be changing the result, and they would able to qualify for the UCL.

[Dzwaafu11]

Manchester United disappointed me
Since after Manchester United lost the Europa cup final against Tottenham, I was so sad. But I thought Manchester United would has lost to Aston villa today and Nottingham Forest manages to win against Chelsea. I didn't want Chelsea to go to the champions league. But among all odds they made it.

Newcastle United in the other hand got lucky that Manchester United saved them. They are going to play in the champions league next season, but I think Emery deserves a second chance because he did well this season.

They are lots of trending videos online where football fans share their pains about Manchester united losing the Europa league it was indeed a sad day for a lot of people...if we want to look at the fan base how many people would say they are Tottenham fans? It was all about Manchester united but they ended up disappointing everyone..They would have probably lost yesterday as well if not for the fact that Aston villa got a red card, that was what changed the outcome and gave them a chance

The result of that match shocked everyone because everybody thought Manchester United would win the Europa League championship, but unfortunately they messed up and left it to Tottenham, which is so sad for them. Manchester United were the favourite in that match but still failed to win against Tottenham, although, as you said, Newcastle were lucky to qualify for the Champions League next season. It would have been another story by now if Aston Villa had not gotten that red card. Manchester United will still lose.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Emery made a really good effort with Aston Villa until the end of the season. But last match was a big disappointment surely. 

Martinez, just come on man... How can you get that silly red card? That was a near miss for the Champions League as a result.

Emery is normally a winner coach. Who knows, maybe next season he'd achieve the Europa League trophy next season. Usually he wins something at the team he goes to. 

Almost everyone recognizes Emery efforts with Aston Villa this season and even last season. The truth about Emery is that he is very good with tactics, and it always shows in every club he manages. If not for the help of Emery, I don't think Aston Villa would have even played in the Champions League, let alone made it to the quarter finals.

Just imagine  a team like Aston Villa, which had not been playing in the Champions League for several seasons, qualified last season and actually performed better than some teams that have been competing every year. I don't know what will happen next, but I believe in Emery. Next season, he will likely improve the team even more and probably win a trophy  maybe the Europa League.

If I were to say why Aston Villa did not qualify for the next Champions League, it was because their focus shifted to the Champions League. That’s what caused their Premier League performance to drop. In their last match, even with a red card, it was unlikely that Aston Villa would win against Manchester United, because United also played to win and calm their angry fans.

[Spaceman1000$]

This year Aston Villa has some distractions that cost them a lot, i feel like if they were a little bit more consistent they can also fight for the title, but in some parts of the season they drop points against some weaks teams.

And well this last match was a prove of that.

Aston Villa has everything it takes to compete for the title this season, but they were unable to maintain their performance. Their performance improved early this year when Unai Emery brought in more players and loaned in some players, including Rashford and Asensio from PSG, and other players. We saw how their performance improved after gathering those players, and they hoped they could have done that from the start of the season, I believe the Premier League battle could be more difficult than what we watched.

I wasn't expecting Aston Villa to compete in any European competitions next season because their performance was poor from the beginning and they dropped key points to weak clubs, as you said, but they are going to play in the Europa League next season after competing in the Champions League this season. It will be great if Unai Emery keeps his current squad for next season because I was impressed with their second leg against PSG.

Despite the fact that Aston Villa crashed out in the Champions League, I must say that they had a quality try during their stay in the Champions League and PSG in their second leg felt the impact of Aston Villa whenever their anger whenever it rises. Unia Emery Brought in some good players that really improved their performance and that is why I'm saying there is likelihood that they might perhaps retain Marcus rashford loan deal or just entirely go for a buy out clause, because his support at the front line really gave them some improvement.

I think with the position they ended in the premier League, they are qualified to go for the Europa League next season, we will be hoping to see an improve Aston Villa next season.

[Webetcoins]

Long story short, Amorim allegedly were not happy with Garnacho's comments after the lost Europa League final, when he blamed Amorim for only playing 20 minutes. Garnacho’s brother, added fuel to the fire by accusing Amorim of ‘throwing him under the bus’.
Amorim snapped during the dressing room conversation and told Garnacho: "You better pray that you can find a club to sign you", he then sat him on the bench in the Aston Villa game.

Not a great management style if you ask me.

Things are getting worse here at Old Trafford after defeat against Tottenham in Europa League final because to a good deal of chaos in club right now even few media reports clearly posting most chances many big names could be out of this squad in coming season.

Sir James Ratcliffe is also not happy and looking for overhaul many players already have packing orders with things are surely going to be had big change now this could be going in positive way, or they could be dig more it's not sure. Garnacho and Onana with many others surely feeling not good because their high salaries and spots are insecure with many are feeling in coming season having no UEFA competitions are grace for them because with this now they can manage things better and this could be also good for their squad to be had improvement into depth of team performance.

[Adiljutt156]

Honestly I didn't expect this result, a team with odds of 1.31 if I remember correctly had to suffer defeat from a team with odds of 9,++, I thought the surprise would happen in another match but it turned out to come from Newcastle. I forgot that Everton is a surprise team that can always be a bet destroyer when playing against strong teams. Luckily even though Newcastle lost, they still secured a UCL ticket because in other matches Nottingham and Aston Villa lost.

Everton football team played very well against Newcastle United football team and that was interesting match because we saw effort from both sides. Alcaraz was a person who did goal in the second half and we didn't see any goal in the first half which was expected. Alcaraz did goal at 65 minutes and that was match of Premier League and we enjoyed this match very much and I supported Everton team and that team won this match in the end and that was brilliant effort by players of that team. The stats of Newcastle United football team was excellent in this match and shots of that team were 17 and only 6 shots were on target and possession percentage of that team was also excellent in this match and but that team could not win this match and match was ended with result of 1-0 .

[TelolettOm]

I think with the position they ended in the premier League, they are qualified to go for the Europa League next season, we will be hoping to see an improve Aston Villa next season.

Indeed, the final result is rather disappointing from Aston Villa, after their performance declined until the end of the season. And as one of the representatives of the Premier League to go to the UEFA Europa League together with Crystal Palace, Aston Villa still has to take some risks, after this disappointing season, based on their considerations.

yes, it is reported that Aston Villa must sell some of their stars because this season's disappointing result road to Champions League Disappointment. They must have that transfer strategy, the owners actually want to put more money in, but, the rules hamstrung it.


Source: Aston Villa could be forced to sell £50m-rated star after Champions League heartbreak
Source: Aston Villa Must Sell Stars After Champions League Disappointment

[Chikito]

So what can Chelsea do after winning the UEFA Conference League?, Will they keep playing on Champions League, or play on the Europa League?
As we know, After got thropy the UEFA Conference League, Chelsea automatically gets a place in the Europa League next season, Chelsea also stand on 4th place premier league where they will get ticket on champions league. this situation makes them think, What the best for team, because when they fight on champions league, they are faced with great teams which is certainly difficult to get the trhopy, but when they fight on the Europa League, they still get hope to get throphy, because the opponent is not so tough compared to champions league team.

[Adbitco]

It seems like it's all getting heated up for Arteta in Arsenal as Henry Thierry has back lashed on the Arsenal manager. According to him,his furious that Arsenal who claims to building the squad hasn't landed a final in 3 years yet. While Manchester United that people are laughing at has been to at least two finals in these same three years. Seriously, it's been a disappointing season for Arsenal, I for one thought this was going to be Arsenal's season but it turned out to be the same old story again.

[SatoPrincess]

Emery made a really good effort with Aston Villa until the end of the season. But last match was a big disappointment surely. 

Martinez, just come on man... How can you get that silly red card? That was a near miss for the Champions League as a result.

Emery is normally a winner coach. Who knows, maybe next season he'd achieve the Europa League trophy next season. Usually he wins something at the team he goes to. 

I won't blame Emery for Aston Villa's misfortune, they did very well all season but failed to make it all count on the final day to achieve champions league qualification. Martinez conceding that red card made it all worse and too away their chances of getting a good result from that game. If anyone should be held responsible it should be Martinez.

[Egii Nna]

This year Aston Villa has some distractions that cost them a lot, i feel like if they were a little bit more consistent they can also fight for the title, but in some parts of the season they drop points against some weaks teams.

And well this last match was a prove of that.

Aston Villa has everything it takes to compete for the title this season, but they were unable to maintain their performance. Their performance improved early this year when Unai Emery brought in more players and loaned in some players, including Rashford and Asensio from PSG, and other players. We saw how their performance improved after gathering those players, and they hoped they could have done that from the start of the season, I believe the Premier League battle could be more difficult than what we watched.

I wasn't expecting Aston Villa to compete in any European competitions next season because their performance was poor from the beginning and they dropped key points to weak clubs, as you said, but they are going to play in the Europa League next season after competing in the Champions League this season. It will be great if Unai Emery keeps his current squad for next season because I was impressed with their second leg against PSG.

Despite the fact that Aston Villa crashed out in the Champions League, I must say that they had a quality try during their stay in the Champions League and PSG in their second leg felt the impact of Aston Villa whenever their anger whenever it rises. Unia Emery Brought in some good players that really improved their performance and that is why I'm saying there is likelihood that they might perhaps retain Marcus rashford loan deal or just entirely go for a buy out clause, because his support at the front line really gave them some improvement.

I think with the position they ended in the premier League, they are qualified to go for the Europa League next season, we will be hoping to see an improve Aston Villa next season.

No doubt Aston Villa really played a wonderful performance this season; Marcus Rashford was of great help for them in the front line, and if they are able to retain his loan deal, then I will say their performance next season, both in the Premier League and the Europa League, will definitely improve because for them to qualify for the Europa League means they still have a chance of winning the championship of the Europa League, which will be an achievement for them. If they can buy Rashford fully, then I think it will be a different situation for them, as they will know their front line is Alfred secured.